Industrial Printer Technology

Why Your Thermal Printer Won’t Calibrate: Media Sensors Explained
Why calibration fails When a thermal printer won’t calibrate, the cause is almost always one of three things: the media-type…

UDI Labeling for Medical Devices: Barcode Requirements
What a UDI is and what it’s for A Unique Device Identifier is a code that identifies a specific medical…

MIDCOM Data Technologies Names Ken Feinstein President and CEO
MIDCOM Data Technologies, Inc., parent company of MIDCOM Service Group, has named Ken Feinstein its new President and Chief Executive…

Printer Fleet Management: Monitoring Printers Remotely
Managing printers you can’t walk up to Printer fleet management software gives you remote visibility and control over every thermal…

Barcode Verification: What Print Quality Grades Mean
What a barcode quality grade actually measures A barcode verification grade is a letter score from A to F that…

How Is RFID Used to Find Lost Merchandise in Retail Stores?
A customer asks for a shirt in a specific size. The inventory system shows one in stock, but the item…

The True Cost of Printer Downtime in a Warehouse
What an hour of printer downtime actually costs When a label printer goes down on a shipping line, the cost…

Mobile Printing in the Warehouse: When and Why It Makes Sense
What mobile printing does that a fixed printer can’t A mobile label printer is a belt-worn or shoulder-strapped thermal printer…

How to Choose the Right Barcode Label Material
Choosing the right barcode label material Barcode label material has to be matched to three things: the surface it sticks…

Direct Thermal vs. Thermal Transfer: Which Print Method Fits Your Operation?
Direct thermal vs. thermal transfer printing Direct thermal and thermal transfer are the two print methods used in industrial label…